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NHMUK PV R9951 is the holotype skeleton of Baryonyx walkeri, a spinosaurid theropod discovered in Early Cretaceous rocks in Surrey, England, and formally described in 1986. The unusually complete specimen has an elongated crocodile-like skull, conical teeth, and a greatly enlarged claw on each hand....
Suchomimus tenerensis is a large spinosaurid theropod from the Early Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger, named in 1998 from a substantial partial skeleton. It had a long, low snout containing numerous conical teeth, robust forelimbs, and an enlarged recurved claw on the first finger. These feature...
Irritator challengeri is a spinosaurid theropod known from an Early Cretaceous skull discovered in northeastern Brazil's Romualdo Formation. The genus was described in 1996, and its name records the researchers' irritation after finding that fossil dealers had artificially lengthened the specimen's...
